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Enstatite from
Waterfall gorge, Insizwa, Umzimvubu Local Municipality, Alfred Nzo District Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa


Locality type:Lobe
Classification
Species:Enstatite
Formula:Mg2Si2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Enstatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Waterfall gorge, Insizwa, Umzimvubu Local Municipality, Alfred Nzo District Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1001888
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1001888:6
GUID (UUID V4):94621584-738c-44b2-92f5-1a3e56717dec
References
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Report (issue)
SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICA COUNCIL FOR GEOSCIENCE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICA MINERALOGY OF SOUTH AFRICA:... COUNCIL FOR GEOSCIENCE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICA Scientific Editor R.D. Dixon Linguistic and...Council for Geoscience (Geological Survey of South Africa), 280 Pretoria Street, Silverton, Pretoria or........................... 69 5.1 Overview of South African Occurrences ..............................LAYEREDSUITE,BUSHVELDCOMPLEX.... 111 MINERALOGY OF SOUTH AFRICA: TYPE-MINERAL SPECIES AND TYPE-MINERAL NAMES
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
APRIL 1949 KARROO DOLERITES OF THE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA BY FREDERICK WALKER AND ARIE POLDERVAART CONTENTS...Karroo dolerites 685 Outlying areas in Southern Africa 687 Trias-Lias vulcanicity in Gondwanaland 687...System in the Union of South Africa 597 2. Distribution of Karroo System in Africa 600 3. Map and section...Grey sheet, Queenstown 605 5. Map and section of Insizwa sheet, Mount Ayliff 606 6. Map and section of Elephant's...of Mount Arthur (Kokstad) 621 15. Hornfelses of Insizwa (Mount Ayliff) 626 16. Assimilation product at
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
liquid in orthocumulares. The calculation assumes local equilibrium between phases, and that the system...olivine, clinopyroxene (augite) and orthopyroxene (enstatite through hypersthene). The procedure involves simultaneous...in Cr wards from the base of the Insizwa Complex in South Africa is attributed by Lightfoot et al. (1984)...exchange reactions with country rocks. Both the Insizwa and La Perouse data may be explained more simply...constant bronzite composition of 84 mol. percent enstatite, and a constant initial porosity of 30%. The solid
Book (edition)
Meta/lurgical and Mineralogical Society o/ South Africa Journal of Chemical Phy ics Journal cif the...and Proceedings of the Royal Socief) 1 of Ne,v South Wales JPSJ Journal of rhe Physical Society of...Cand CSPG Pennskiye gubemskiye wdomo.sti (Perm district ga=elle) Pl,ilosopl,ical Maga=ine Periodico de...Artrocitc, Ivigtul cryolitc deposit. Ivittuut municipality. southwest Wi tgreenl Greenland. 73. 1492, ZK...2iOH)~. Lric.,3 km south of thc mouth of Akatorc Crcek, castcm Otago, Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
VANCE (E. R.), 605, manganese ores, 235 Bau mining district, Sarawak, Malaysia, anti721 monian idocrase, 894...FERNANDEZ(L. A.), Phenocrystic olivines from the eastern Azores, 165 Boulangerite, Cornwall, 767 BOUVIER(J...), An antimonian idocrase from the Bau mining district, Sarawak, 894 BRICE (W. R.), see CHANG (L. L....struvite from Skipton, Victoria, 381 Broken Hill, New South Wales, muscovite, myrmekite, 57o Bronzite, Sitathali...; and see CESBRON(F.), 78I BushveM Complex, South Africa, ceylonite, ilmenite, titanomagnetite, 863 Bushveld-type
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
KNOWLES(C. R.), The metal phase of the Bustee enstatite chondrite, 627 WAINE (C. V.), see AXON (H. J.)...determination of in amphiboles, 389 Waterfall Gorge, lnsizwa~ South Africa, insizwaite, niggliite, 794 Weardale
Book (edition)
Mine; NBH Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia; PPL B Anhedral native copper (dark;...Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia (sample: Melcher/Oberthür);...grey); Himmelsfürst Mine, Brand-Erbisdorf, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Sachsen, Germany (sample: Seifert);...Line), Witwatersrand field, Gauteng Province, South Africa; PPL B Intergrowth of electrum (yellowish white)...quartz (dark grey); New Bullfrog Mine, Bullfrog District, Nye Co., Nevada, USA (sample: Witzke); PPL If
Book
1. Mafic dyke swarms in the Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa 189 3.4.2. The Mackenzie dyke swarm, Canada...controls of intracontinental alkaline magmatism in Africa 194 3.5.2. The Damaraland alkaline province, Namibia...Namibia 6.3.2. Anorogenic metamorphism in the eastern Pyrenees 6.3.3. Anorogenic metamorphism and intraplate...intraplate magmatism around the Vredefort Dome, South Africa 6.3.4. Metamorphism and fluid generation; metamorphogenic...Bushveld lgneous Complex, South Africa 8.2.3. Molopo Farms Complex, South Africa and Botswana 8.3 Magmatic
Book
Bushveld chromite–platinum group metals (PGMs), South Africa, Sudbury nickel–copper, Canada, and a few new...occurrences/deposits/mines of six continents: Africa, North America, South America, Asia, Oceania (including Australia)...Earth’s element family. The working deposits in South Africa and Russia are by far the largest for the PGM...significant in Canada, United States, Australia, Africa, Brazil, New Caledonia, Philippines, Indonesia...Caribbean. The largest chromite deposits are in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Finland, and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
contaminated by LIL and LRE elements derived from local greywacke-slate turbidites (Peltonen, submitted)...whole-rock chemistry is proposed. Regional and local geology The Fennoscandian (formerly known as Baltic)...north (Nironen, 1989) and probably also to the south. The areal extent of moderate gravity anomaly maxima...VNiB and in particular around the Vammala Mining District, are best depicted as boudins, lenses or pipes...chrome spinel) and postcumulus minerals (augite, enstatite, amphibole, phlogopite). Magma-country rock
Book (edition)
OF OF SOUTH AFRICA MINES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF REPUBLIC OF THE SOUTH AFRICA...Second World War, and partly as a result of it, South Africa experienced vast industrial expansion. This...official ‘handbook on the mineral resources of South Africa, it has become necessary to revise, or rather...great diversity and magnitude of South African mineral deposits and local mining operations, the Economic...Chamber of Mines of South Africa with Mr G. H. Grange as co-ordinator, and the South, African mining industry;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cummingtonite-grunerite, diopside-hedenbergite, enstatite-ferrosilite, epidote, forsterite-fayalite, johannsenite...when available (augite, low- and high-pigeonite, enstatite-ferrosilite, tremolite-actinolite, diopsidehedenbergite...without changing the hybrid interpretation. In enstatite and ferrosilite, the number of sublattices is...nE ¼ 2.0. Enstatite: Mg2Si2O6 occurs in four polymorphic modifications: orthorhombic enstatite and protoenstatite;...twins with more than four concurrent sublattices Enstatite: for this mineral Dana (1892) reported two rare
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
NORTHERN TERRITORY Amadeus Basin WOOD ROFFE THRUS T SOUTH AUSTRALIA MAN N WESTERN AUSTRALIA FAULT 27°S...metamorphic rocks Wingellina NORTHERN TERRITORY Hills SOUTH AUSTRALIA TO na ve Ca M gh e ng Ra Tollu Mum...10° plunge toward southwest and a 15° dip to the south. In general, deformation is confined to shear zones...b.d. 600 Nebo 50 60 Anorthite 50 60 70 Enstatite 1 2 3 Al2O3 (wt%) VLGN 400 1200 Cr (ppm)...BGN = barren gabbronorite, bt = biotite, En = enstatite, Fe = ferrosilite, mela-GN = melagabbronorite
Book (volume)
follows: Magnesium-Iron Pyroxenes Orthopyroxenes (Enstatite-Orthoferrosilite) Pigeonite (Mg,Fe2 + ,Ca)(Mg...clinoenstatite orthopyroxene Pbca and clinopyroxene n,1 enstatite Mg2Si, 0. C2/c low clinoeostatite n,Jc •cite...M2 in the end-members diopside, hedenbergjte, enstatite and clinoenstatite, ferrosilite and clinoferrosilite... Magnesium-Iron Pyroxenes Orthopyroxenes ( Enstatite-Orthoferrosilite) (Mg,Fe 2 +)2 Si 2 O 6 Pigeonite...Fe2 + ,Ca)(Mg,Fe 2 +)Si 2 O 6 Orthopyroxenes Enstatite-Ferrosilite (Mg,Fe)[SiO 3 ] Orthorhombic ( +)
Book (volume)
considered is as follows : Orthorhombic pyroxenes Enstatite—Orthoferrosilite Monoclinic pyroxenes Diopside—Hedenbergite...there are three polymorphs with the structures of enstatite, protoenstatite (both orthorhombic), and clinoenstatite...protoenstatite is the high-temperature form, enstatite the low-temperature form and clinoenstatite the...pyro¬ xenes in the diopside-hedenbergite-enstatite-ferrosilite field. temperature form. The structures...of the field diopside-hedenbergiteferrosilite-enstatite all have a clinopyroxene structure. Before the
Book
Mots inc. Native Gold on Quartz, Paymaster mine, South Porcupine, Ontario / Photo by Brian Boyle. Courtesy...spinel, spine, porcupine Gk. states, a standing, enstatite, state, statistics enstates, opponent European...Hendrik van Prehn, who brought the mineral from the Cape of Good Hope. This was the first mineral named after...néche, Sadne-et-Loire, France, or annite, after Cape anionic radical. Thus oxides, sulfides, carbonates...Consolidated Mines. Dutoitspan mine, Kimberley, South Africa. Aheylite (Fe2*,Zn) Alg(PO,)4(OH)3®4H,0, tric
Report (issue)
........................................... 46 South Kalimantan .......................................platinum-group element prospect, Riam Pinang area, South Kalimantan........................................from the Riam Pinang area, Tanah Laut subprovince, South Kalimantan APPENDIX G: Detailed description of rock...paleochannels, South Kalimantan. Figure 15. Photograph of diamonds from near Cempaka, South Kalimantan....flattened gold and PGM particles from near Cempaka, South Kalimantan. Figure 17. Chromitite occurrences in
Book
England Thomas Nelson Australia 102 Dodds Street South Melbourne 3205 Victoria, Australia Nelson Canada...tried to retain local names for subdivisions within a given country. For some local names the anglicized...given name is included in parentheses although most local names lack this designation. For example we use...colorless, white. Dutoitspan mine, Kimberley, South Africa. H= 4.5, Djjj= 2.630, D(.= 2.646, VIIIA 10....Vitreous orange-brown. Alcatore Creek, Eastern Otago, Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand. H= 6, Djj4= 3.48
Book (edition)
Smithsonian Inst., Washington, D.C. Alan Pring: South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA, Australia. Gunnar...10. India 11. South east Asia 12. Middle East 13. African Countries, from north to south 14. Oceania 15...15. Australia 16. Antarctica 17. South America The localities section includes a description of the...Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Isand South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia...Yukon States, Australia New South Wales Northern Territory Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria
Book
CALCUTTA MADRAS KARACHI IBADAN NAIROBI DAR ES SALAAM CAPE TOWN Published in the USA by Oxford University...colourless, monoclinic crystals from Kimberley, South Africa. Named after Mr. Alpheus Fuller Williams, of...group. Named from the locality, Aldan region, eastern Siberia (18th List). [M.A., 12, 460.] 20th List...Occurs as thin veins in kimberlite from the ‘Lucky Eastern’ pipe, presumably in Yakutia, and has the composition...United States, for 1913, 1914, part ii, p. 652.) Local trade-name, used by Mr. Joseph Ward, of Barstow
Journal (volume)
The Keivitsa intrusion (age 2057 Ma) is located south of the Koitelainen intrusion. Isotopic (Sm-Nd, S-isotopes...east of Koitelainen hill. Photo by TM. A2: View south of Lakijänkä towards Koitelainen fell 5 6 Geological...forests of the southern part of Satovaara hill (eastern part of the Keivitsa-Satovaara complex) was stripclear-cut...only by accident, as in the periglacial landslide gorge at Bonanza. Unfortunately, such rocks include chromitites...Koitelainen intrusion, on the eastern slope of Koitelainen hill and through the eastern part of the Keivitsa-Satovaara
Book
making a profit. Initially incorporated in the District of Columbia, the Publishing Company was reincorporated...of the Proterozoic, beginning 3,000 m.y. ago in Africa and 2,500 m.y. ago elsewhere. These basins received...iron ores were concentrated (without silica) in local oxidizing sinks on the con¬ tinents. Uranium responded...Precambrian se¬ quences of rocks were deduced for local areas, but correlations between them, except in... . The main period of ore deposition within a district seems to represent a relatively short time span
Book (edition)
(lower /eft) rnodochrosite, N’Chwaning mine, South Africa; (lower left, center) wulfenite, Red Cloud mine...England Thomas Nelson Australia 102 Dodds Street South Melbourne, Victoria 3205, Australia Nelson Canada...Cave Hills and Slim Buttes areas, Harding County, South Dakota. SELECTED REFERENCES: Thompson, M. E., Ingram...Colorado at the Pelican Dives mine, Silver Plume district, and at the Little Emma mine, Clear Creek County;...lode, Summit County, and in the Cripple Creek district. It is also found in Canada; Mexico; Bolivia;
Book (edition)
England Thomas Nelson Australia 102 Dodds Street South Melbourne, Victoria 3205, Australia Nelson Canada...Cave Hills and Slim Buttes areas, Harding County, South Dakota. SELECTED REFERENCES: Thompson, M. E., Ingram...Colorado at the Pelican Dives m.ine, Silver Plume district, and at the Little Emma mine, Clear Creek County;...lode, Summit County, and in the Cripple Creek district. It is also found in Canada; Mexico; Bolivia;...Hill, New South Wales, Australia. It also occurs at various localities in Arizona, Idaho, South Dakota,
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University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg South Africa Olivier Namur University of Hannover Hannover...Vander Auwera 465 12 The Bushveld Complex, South Africa ���������������������������������������������������...Morse 589 14 The Ilímaussaq Alkaline Complex, South Greenland ��������������������������    Michael...University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa Georges Ceuleneer CNRS-UMR 5563, GET, OMP, University...Geosciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Wits, South Africa Craig Magee Department of Earth Science and
 
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